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LEPTOPODIAPyE. 



I) EC A POD A. 



BRACHYURA. 



LEPTOPODIAD&. 



Inaclius Dorynckus. Leach. 



Specific character. Rostrum bifid, extending beyond the third joint of the pedun- 

 cle of the antennae ; gastric region with three spines, two anterior, and the third 

 much longer, forming a triangle. Second pair of legs not more than three times 

 the total length of the body. 



Tnaclms Dorynchus, 



LEACH, Edinb. Enc. art. Crust, p. 431. Id. Malac. Brit, 

 t. xxii. f. 7-8. EDW. Hist. Crust, p. 288. COUCH, 

 Cornish Fauna, p. 65. 



THE general form of this species is very similar to the 

 former, but it is less globose. The carapace is triangular, 

 longer than it is broad. The rostrum is short, some- 

 what hastiform, and in most slightly bifid ; although in 

 some specimens the division is more considerable. The 

 antenna?, the eyes, and orbits, as well as the external 



